Re: Monopoly/Ologopoly

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com>]

Alan and all,

  I tend to agree.  but I would add a proviso.  Why not let the
holder of the TLD's make that dicision.

regards,


Alan Sullivan wrote:
> 
> Stephen Harris wrote:

>  Hi,
> I agree strongly with Stephen, I have noted a number of problems with
> the shared TLDs and the example of .MEDICAL is another great example of
> why SHARED REGISTRIES ARE A BAD IDEA! The reason IAHC needs to take up
> issues of SLDs is because with shared registries NOBODY is responsible
> for creating policy or enforcing policy with a domain. This requires a
> generic policy that can never be covered by special case gTLDs such as
> .medical. Registries exclusive to gTLDs are a GOOD THING. The current
> monopoly of NSI is BAD.
> Ask anyone who has had to get a domain in .com - too many horror
> stories. They HATE the current system. Just put togther a plan that
> allows registries to compete with NSI. - This leads to another question
> about the IAHC proposal - what are the 7 new gTLDs? And why 7?
> 
> Thanks,
> Alan
> 
> --
> Alan Sullivan
> President
> Top Domain Registry Inc.

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